THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION 
AND RESEARCH ACT, 1998 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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CHAPTER I 

PRELIMINARY 

SECTIONS 

1.  Short title and commencement. 
2.  Declaration of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research as an institution of 

national importance. 

3.  Definitions. 

CHAPTER II 

THE INSTITUTE 

4.  Establishment of Institute. 
4A. Centres of Institute. 
5.  Vesting of properties. 
6.  Effect of incorporation of Institute. 
7.  Functions of Institute. 
8.  Powers of Board. 
9.  Institute to be open to all races, creeds and classes. 
10.  Teaching at Institute. 
11.  Visitor. 
12.  Authorities of Institute. 
13.  Senate. 
14.  Functions of Senate. 
15.  Functions, powers and duties of Chairperson. 
16.  Director. 
17.  Dean. 
18.  Registrar. 
19.  Powers and duties of other authorities and officers. 
20.  Grants by Central Government. 
21.  Fund of Institute. 
22.  Setting up of endowment fund. 
23.  Accounts and audit. 
24.  Pension and provident fund. 
25.  Appointments. 
26.  Statutes. 
27.  Statutes how made. 
28.  Ordinances.  
29.  Ordinances how made. 
30.  Tribunal of Arbitration. 

CHAPTER III 

MISCELLANEOUS 

31.  Acts and proceedings not to be invalidated by vacancies. 
32.  Grant of degrees, etc., by Institute. 

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SECTIONS 

33.  Sponsored schemes. 
34.  Power to remove difficulties. 
35.  Transitional provisions. 
36.  Statutes and Ordinances to be published in the Official Gazette and to be laid before Parliament. 
37.  Repeal and saving. 

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THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION 
AND RESEARCH ACT, 1998 

ACT NO. 13 OF 1998 

An  Act  to  declare  the  institution  known  as  the  National  Institute  of  Pharmaceutical  Education 
and Research to be an institution of national importance and to provide for its incorporation 
and matters connected therewith. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

[26th June, 1998] 

CHAPTER I 

PRELIMINARY 

1.  Short  title  and  commencement.—(1)  This  Act  may  be  called  the  National  Institute  of 

Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act, 1998. 

(2)  It  shall  come  into  force  on  such  date1  as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the 

Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act. 

 2.  Declaration  of  National  Institute  of  Pharmaceutical  Education  and  Research  as  an 
institution  of  national  importance.—Whereas  the  objects  of  the  institution  known  as  the  National 
Institute  of  Pharmaceutical  Education  and  Research,  Sector-67,  S.A.S.  Nagar  (Mohali),  District  Ropar, 
Punjab  are  such  as  to  make  the  institution  one  of  national  importance,  it  is  hereby  declared  that  the 
institution known as the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research is an institution of 
national importance. 

3. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 

(a) “appointed day” means the date of establishment of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical 

Education and Research under sub-section (1) of section 4; 

(b) “Board” means the Board of Governors of the Institute constituted under sub-section (3) of 

section 4; 

(c)  “Chairperson”  means  the  Chairperson  of  the  Institute  nominated  under  clause  (a)  of  

sub-section (3) of section (4); 

(d) “Dean” means the Dean of the Institute appointed under section 17; 

(e) “Director” means the Director of the Institute appointed under section 16; 

(f) “Fund” means the fund of the Institute to be maintained under section 21; 
2[(g) “Institute” means a National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research established 

under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2A) of section 4;] 

 (h) “Senate” means the Senate of the Institute referred to in section 13; 

(i)  “Society”  means  the  National  Institute  of  Pharmaceutical  Education  and  Research  Society, 
Sector-67, S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali), District Ropar, Punjab registered under the Societies Registration 
Act, 1860 (21 of 1860); 

(j) “Statutes” and “Ordinances” mean the Statutes and the Ordinances of the Institute made under 

this Act. 

1. 8th July, 1998, vide notification No. S.O. 1412(E), dated 7th July, 1998, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii). 
2. Subs. by Act 19 of 2007, s. 2, for clause (g) (w.e.f. 29-1-2007). 

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CHAPTER II 

THE INSTITUTE 

4. Establishment of Institute.—(1) With effect from such date as the Central Government may, by 
notification  in  the  Official  Gazette,  appoint,  the  National  Institute  of  Pharmaceutical  Education  and 
Research shall be constituted as a body corporate by the name aforesaid. 

(2)  The  Institute  shall  have  perpetual  succession  and  a  common  seal  with  power,  subject  to  the 
provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract, and  shall, by that name, 
sue and be sued. 

1[(2A)  The  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the  Official  Gazette,  establish  similar 

Institutes in different parts of the country.]  

(3) The Institute shall consist of the Board of Governors having the following persons, namely:— 

(a) a Chairperson, who shall be an eminent academician, scientist or technologist or professional, 

to be nominated by the Visitor; 

(b) the Director of the Institute, ex officio; 

(c)  the  Joint  Secretary,  incharge  of  Pharmaceutical  Industries  in  the  concerned  Ministry  or 

Department of the Government of India, ex officio; 

2[(d)  the  Secretary,  Technical  Education,  Government  of  the  State  within  which  the  Institute  is 

situated, ex officio;] 

 (e) the Financial Adviser of the Ministry or Department of the Government of India dealing with 

the pharmaceutical industries, ex officio; 

(f)  the  Drug  Controller  General  of  India,  Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare  of  the 

Government of India, ex officio; 

(g) the Member Secretary, All-India Council for Technical Education, ex officio; 

(h) the Director of any one of the national laboratories of the Council of Scientific and Industrial 
Research to be nominated by the Director General of Council of Scientific and  Industrial Research, 
New Delhi; 

(i)  the  Director  of  either  the  All-India  Institute  of  Medical  Sciences,  New  Delhi  or  the  
Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, to be nominated by rotation 
by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of India; 

(j) the President, Indian Drugs Manufacturers’ Association, ex officio; 
1[(ja) a representative of the Pharmacy Council of India;] 

(k) the President, Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India, ex officio; 

(l)  three  eminent  pharmaceutical  experts,  one  of  whom  shall  be  an  educationist,  a  research 

scientist and a biotechnologist, to be nominated by the Central Government; 

(m)  three  eminent  public  persons  or  social  workers  one  of  whom  shall  be  either  from  the 
Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes to be nominated by the Visitor out of a panel prepared by 
the Central Government; 

(n) two pharmaceutical industrialists to be nominated by the Visitor out of a panel prepared by the 

Central Government; 

(o) three Members of Parliament, two from Lok Sabha to be nominated by the Speaker of Lok 

Sabha and one from Rajya Sabha to be nominated by the Chairman of Rajya Sabha. 

1. Ins. by Act 19 of 2007, s. 3 (w.e.f. 29-1-2007). 
2. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for clause (d) (w.e.f. 29-1-2007). 

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(4) The term of office of the Chairperson and Governors other than ex officio Governors shall be three 

years and they shall be entitled for such allowances as may be determined by the Central Government: 

1[Provided that  the  term  of  office  of  a  member  nominated  under  clause (o) of  sub-section  (3)  shall 
come to an end as soon as he becomes a Minister or Minister of State or Deputy Minister, or the Speaker 
or the Deputy Speaker of the House of the People, or the Deputy Chairman of the Council of States, or 
ceases to be a member of the House from which he was nominated.] 

(5) The term of office of Governor nominated to fill a casual vacancy shall continue for the remainder 

of the term of the Governor in whose place he has been nominated. 

(6) The Board shall meet at least three times in a year at such place and time and observe such rules 

of procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings as may be determined by the Board. 

2[4A. Centres of Institute.—An Institute, with the prior approval of the Central Government, may, 
by  notification  in  the  Official  Gazette,  establish  one  or  more  centres  in  different  locations  within  its 
jurisdiction.]  

5.  Vesting  of  properties.—On  and  from  the  appointed  day,  subject  to  the  other  provisions  of  this 
Act, all properties which had vested in the Society, immediately before the commencement of this Act, 
shall, on and from such commencement, vest in the Institute. 

6. Effect of incorporation of Institute.—On and from the appointed day,— 

(a) any reference to the Society in any contract or other instrument shall be deemed as a reference 

to the Institute; 

(b)  all  the  rights  and  liabilities  of  the  Society  shall  be  transferred  to,  and  be  the  rights  and 

liabilities of, the Institute; and 

(c) every person employed by the Society immediately before the appointed day shall hold office 
or service in the Institute by the same tenure, at the same remuneration and upon the same terms and 
conditions and with the same rights and privileges as to pension, leave, gratuity, provident fund and 
other matters as he would have held the same if this Act had not been passed, and shall continue to be 
so  unless  and  until  his  employment  is  terminated  or until  such  tenure, remuneration  and  terms  and 
condition are duly altered by the Statutes: 

Provided that if the alteration so made is not acceptable to such employee, his employment may 
be terminated by the Institute in accordance with the terms of the contract with the employee or, if no 
provision  is  made  therein  in  this  behalf,  on  payment  to  him  by  the  Institute  of  compensation 
equivalent  to  three  months’  remuneration  in  the  case  of  permanent  employee  and  one  month’s 
remuneration in the case of other employee. 

7. Functions of Institute.—The functions of the Institute shall be— 

(i) to nurture and promote quality and excellence in pharmaceutical education and research; 

(ii) to concentrate on courses leading to master's degree, doctoral and post-doctoral courses and 

research in pharmaceutical education; 

(iii) to hold examinations and grant degrees; 

(iv) to confer honorary awards or other distinctions; 

(v) to cooperate with educational or other institutions having objects wholly or partly similar to 
those of the Institute by exchange of faculty members and scholars and generally in such manner as 
may be conducive to their common objective; 

(vi)  to  conduct  courses  for  teachers,  pharmaceutical  technologists,  community  and  hospital 

pharmacists and other professionals; 

1. Ins. by Act 28 of 2002, s. 2 (w.e.f. 27-5-2002). 
2. Ins. by Act 19 of 2007, s. 4 (w.e.f. 29-1-2007). 

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(vii)  to  collect  and  maintain  world  literature  on  pharmaceutical  and  related  sciences  and 
technology  so  as  to  develop  an  information  centre  of  its  own  kind  for  other  institutions  within  the 
country and in the developing world; 

(viii)  to  create  a  central  faculty  of  pharmaceutical  instrumentation  and  analysis  for  use  by  the 

researchers within and outside the Institute; 

(ix) to have a centre to experiment and innovate and to train teachers and other workers in the art 

or science of pharmaceutical teaching; 

(x) to develop a world level centre for creation of new knowledge and transmission of existing 
information in pharmaceutical areas, with focus on national, educational,  professional and industrial 
commitments; 

(xi)  to  develop  a  multi-disciplinary  approach  in  carrying  out  research  and  training  of 
pharmaceutical manpower so that the larger interests of the profession, academia and pharmaceutical 
industry  are  better  served  and  a  pharmaceutical  work  culture  is  evolved  which  is  in  tune  with  the 
changing world trends and patterns of pharmaceutical education and research; 

(xii) to organise national or international symposia, seminars and conferences in selected areas of 

pharmaceutical education, from time to time; 

(xiii) to arrange courses catering to the special needs of the developing countries; 

(xiv) to act as a nucleus for interaction between academic and industry by encouraging exchange 
of  scientist  and  other  technical  staff  between  the  Institute  and  the  industry  and  by  undertaking 
sponsored and funded research as well as consultancy projects by the Institute; and 

(xv)  to  pay  due  attention  to  studies  on  the  distribution  and  usage  of  drugs  by  the  rural  masses, 

taking into account the socio-economic spectrum in the country. 

8. Powers of Board.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board shall be responsible for the 
general  superintendence,  direction  and  control  of  the  affairs  of  the  Institute  and  shall  exercise  all  the 
powers not otherwise provided for by this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances, and shall have the power 
to review the acts of the Senate. 

(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Board shall— 

(a)  take  decisions  on  questions  of  policy  relating  to  the  administration  and  working  of  the 

Institute; 

(b) fix, demand and receive fees and other charges; 

(c) supervise and control the residence and regulate the discipline of students of the Institute and 

to make arrangements for promoting their health, general welfare and cultural and corporate life; 

(d) institute academic and other posts and to make appointments thereto (except in the case of the 

Director); 

(e) frame Statutes and Ordinances and to alter, modify or rescind the same; 

(f) institute and award fellowship, scholarship, prizes and medals; 

(g)  consider  and  pass  resolutions  on  the  annual  report,  the  annual  accounts  and  the  budget 
estimates  of  the  Institute  for  the  next  financial  year  as  it  thinks  fit  together  with  a  statement  of  its 
development plans; and 

(h) do all such things as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of all or any 

of the aforesaid powers. 

(3)  The  Board  shall  have  the  power  to  appoint  such  committees  as  it  considers  necessary  for  the 

exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under this Act. 

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2) of section 4, the Board shall not dispose of 

in any manner any immovable property without the prior approval of the Central Government.  

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9. Institute to be open to all races, creeds and classes.—(1) The Institute shall be open to persons 
of either sex and of whatever race, creed, caste or class, and no test or condition shall be imposed as to 
religious belief or profession in admitting or appointing members, students, teachers or workers or in any 
other connection whatsoever. 

(2) No bequest, donation or transfer of any property shall be accepted by the Institute which in the 

opinion of the Board involves conditions or obligations opposed to the spirit and object of this section.  

10. Teaching at Institute.—All teaching at the Institute shall be conducted by or in the name of the 

Institute in accordance with the Statutes and the Ordinances made in this behalf. 

11. Visitor.—(1) The President of India shall be the Visitor of the Institute. 

(2) The Visitor may appoint one or more persons to review the work and progress of the Institute and 

to hold inquiries into the affairs thereof and to report thereon in such manner as the Visitor may direct. 

(3) Upon receipt of any such report, the Visitor may take such action and issue such directions as he 
considers  necessary  in  respect  of  any  of  the  matters  dealt  with  in  the  report  and  the  Institute  shall  be 
bound to comply with such directions. 

12. Authorities of Institute.—The following shall be the other authorities of the Institute, namely:— 

(a) a Senate; 

(b) such other authorities as may be declared by the Statutes to be the authorities of the Institute. 

13. Senate.—The Senate of the Institute shall consist of the following persons, namely:— 

(a) the Director, ex officio, who shall be the Chairperson of the Senate; 

(b) the Dean, ex officio; 

(c) five professors of the Institute, to be nominated by the Chairperson in consultation  with the 

Director, by rotation; 

(d)  three  persons,  not  being  employees  of  the  Institute,  to  be  nominated  by  the  Chairperson  in 
consultation  with  the  Director,  from  among  educationists  of  repute,  one  each  from  the  fields  of 
science,  engineering  and  humanities  and  one  of  them  shall  be  either  from  the  Scheduled  Castes  or 
from the Scheduled Tribes; and 

(e) such other members of the staff as may be laid down in the Statutes. 

14. Functions of Senate.—Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances, the 
Senate  of  the  Institute  shall  have  the  control  and  general  regulation,  and  be  responsible  for  the 
maintenance of standards of instruction, education and examination in the Institute and shall exercise such 
other powers and perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed upon it by the Statutes. 

15. Functions, powers and duties of Chairperson.—(1) The Chairperson shall ordinarily preside at 

the meetings of the Board and at the Convocations of the Institute. 

(2)  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chairperson  to  ensure  that  the  decisions  taken  by  the  Board  are 

implemented. 

(3)  The  Chairperson  shall  exercise  such  other  powers  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be 

assigned to him by this Act or the Statutes. 

16.  Director.—(1)  The  Director  of  the  Institute  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Board  with  the  prior 

approval of the Visitor. 

(2)  The  Director  shall  be  the  principal  academic  and  executive  officer  of  the  Institute  and  shall  be 
responsible for the proper administration and academic performance of the Institute and for imparting of 
instruction and maintenance of discipline therein. 

(3) The Director shall submit annual reports and accounts to the Board. 

(4) The Director shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to 

him by this Act or the Statutes or the Ordinances. 

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17. Dean.—(1) The Dean of the Institute shall be appointed on such terms and conditions as may be 
laid down by the Statutes and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to 
him by this Act or the Statutes or the Director. 

(2) The Dean shall report to the Director. 

18. Registrar.—(1) The Registrar of the Institute shall be appointed on such terms and conditions as 
may be laid down by the Statutes and shall be the custodian of records, the common seal, the funds of the 
Institute and such other property of the Institute as the Board shall commit to his charge. 

(2) The Registrar shall act as the Secretary of the Board, the Senate and such committees as may be 

prescribed by the Statutes. 

(3) The Registrar shall be responsible to the Director for the proper discharge of his functions. 

(4) The Registrar shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned 

to him by this Act or the Statutes or the Director. 

19. Powers and duties of other authorities and officers.—The powers and duties of authorities and 

officers, other than those hereinbefore mentioned, shall be determined by the Statutes. 

20.  Grants  by  Central  Government.—For  the  purpose  of  enabling  the  Institute  to  discharge  its 
functions  efficiently  under  this  Act,  the  Central  Government  may,  after  due  appropriation  made  by 
Parliament by law in this behalf, pay to the Institute in each financial year such sums of money and in 
such manner as it may think fit. 

21. Fund of Institute.—(1) The Institute shall maintain a Fund to which shall be credited— 

(a) all moneys provided by the Central Government; 

(b) all fees and other charges; 

(c) all moneys received by the Institute by way of grants, gifts, donations, benefactions, bequests 

or transfers; and 

(d) all moneys received by the Institute in any other manner or from any other source. 

(2) All moneys credited to the Fund shall be deposited in such banks or invested in such manner as 

the Institute may, with the approval of the Central Government, decide. 

(3)  The  Fund  shall  be  applied  towards  meeting  the  expenses  of  the  Institute  including  expenses 

incurred in the exercise of its powers and discharge of its duties under this Act. 

22. Setting up of endowment fund.—Notwithstanding anything contained in section 21, the Central 

Government may direct the Institute to— 

(a) set up an endowment fund and any other fund for specified purpose; 

(b) transfer money from its Fund to endowment fund or any other fund. 

23. Accounts and audit.—(1) The Institute shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records 
and  prepare  an  annual  statement  of  accounts,  including  the  balance-sheet,  in  such  form  as  may  be 
specified,  in  accordance  with  such  general  directions  as  may  be  issued  by  the  Central  Government  in 
consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. 

(2) The accounts of the Institute shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India and 
any  expenditure  incurred  by  him  in  connection  with  such  audit  shall  be  payable  by  the  Institute  to  the 
Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. 

(3)  The  Comptroller  and  Auditor-General  of  India  and  any  person  appointed  by  him  in  connection 
with  the  audit  of  the  accounts  of  the  Institute  shall  have  the  same  rights,  privileges  and  authority  in 
connection with such audit as the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India has in connection with the 
audit  of  the  Government  accounts,  and,  in  particular,  shall  have  the  right  to  demand  the  production  of 
books,  accounts,  connected  vouchers  and  other  documents  and  papers  and  to  inspect  the  offices  of  the 
Institute. 

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(4) The accounts of the Institute as certified by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India or any 
other  person  appointed  by  him  in  this  behalf  together  with  the  audit  report  thereon  shall  be  forwarded 
annually  to  the  Central  Government  and  that  Government  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  laid  before  each 
House of Parliament. 

24. Pension and provident fund.—(1) The Institute shall constitute, for the benefit of its employees, 
including  the  Director,  in  such  manner  and  subject  to  such  conditions  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the 
Statutes, such pension, insurance and provident funds as it may deem fit. 

(2) Where any such provident fund has been so constituted, the Central Government may declare that 
the  provisions  of  the  Provident  Funds  Act,  1925  (19  of  1925)  shall  apply  to  such  fund  as  if  it  were  a 
Government provident fund. 

25. Appointments.—All appointments of the staff of the Institute, except that of the Director, shall 

be made in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Statutes— 

(a)  by  the  Board,  if  the  appointment  is  made  on  the  academic  staff  in  the  post  of  Assistant 
Professor  or  above  or  if  the  appointment  is  made  on  the  non-academic  staff  in  any  cadre,  the 
maximum of the pay-scale for which is the same or higher than that of Assistant Professor; and 

(b) by the Director, in any other case. 

26.  Statutes.—Subject  to the  provisions  of  this  Act, the  Statutes  may  provide  for  all  or  any  of  the 

following matters, namely:— 

(a) the formation of departments of teaching; 

(b) the institution of fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions, medals and prizes; 

(c)  the  classification,  the  method  of  appointment  and  the  determination  of  the  terms  and 

conditions of service of officers, teachers and other staff of the Institute; 

(d) the reservation of posts for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and other categories of 

persons as may be determined by the Central Government, from time to time; 

(e)  the  constitution  of  pension,  insurance  and  provident  funds  for  the  benefit  of  the  officers, 

teachers and other staff of the Institute; 

(f) the constitution, powers and duties of the authorities of the Institute; 

(g) the establishment and maintenance of halls and hostels; 

(h) the manner of filling vacancies among members of the Board; 

(i) the authentication of the orders and decisions of the Board; 

(j) the meetings of the Senate, the quorum at such meetings and the procedure to be followed in 

the conduct of their business; and 

(k) any other matter which by this Act is to be, or may be, prescribed by the Statutes. 

27. Statutes how made.—(1) The first Statutes of the Institute shall be framed by the Board with the 
previous approval of the Visitor and a copy of the same shall be laid as soon as may be before each House 
of Parliament. 

(2) The Board may, from time to time, make new or additional Statutes or may amend or repeal the 

Statutes in the manner hereafter in this section provided. 

(3) A new Statute or addition to the Statutes or any amendment or repeal of a Statute shall require the 
previous approval of the Visitor who may assent thereto or withhold assent or remit it  to the Board for 
consideration. 

(4) A new Statute or a Statute amending or repealing an existing Statute shall have no validity unless 

it has been assented to by the Visitor. 

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28.  Ordinances.—Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act  and  the  Statutes,  the  Ordinances  of  the 

Institute may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— 

(a) the admission of the students to the Institute; 

(b) the reservation for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and other categories of person; 

(c) the courses of study to be laid down for all degrees of the Institute; 

(d)  the  conditions  under  which  students  shall  be  admitted  to  the  degree  courses  and  to  the 

examinations of the Institute and shall be eligible for degrees; 

(e) the conditions of award of the fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions, medals and prizes; 

(f)  the  conditions  and  mode  of  appointment  and  duties  of  examining  bodies,  examiners  and 

moderators; 

(g) the conduct of examinations; 

(h) the maintenance of discipline among the students of the Institute; 

(i)  the  fees  to  be  charged  for  courses  of  study  in  the  Institute  and  for  admission  to  the 

examinations of degrees of the Institute; 

(j) the conditions of residence of students of the Institute and the levying of the fees for residence 

in the halls and hostels and of other charges; and 

(k)  any  other  matter  which  by  this  Act  or  the  Statutes  is  to  be,  or  may  be,  provided for  by  the 

Ordinances. 

29.  Ordinances  how  made.—(1)  Save  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  section,  Ordinances  shall  be 

made by the Senate. 

(2) All Ordinances made by the Senate shall have effect from such date as it may direct, but every 
Ordinance so made shall be submitted, as soon as may be, to the Board and shall be considered by the 
Board at its next succeeding meeting. 

(3)  The  Board  shall  have  power  by  resolution  to  modify  or  cancel  any  such  Ordinances  and  such 
Ordinances  shall  from  the  date  of  such  resolution  stand  modified  accordingly  or  cancelled,  as  the  case 
may be. 

30. Tribunal of Arbitration.—(1) Any dispute arising out of a contract between the Institute and any 
of  its  employees  shall,  at  the  request  of  the  employee  concerned  or  at  the  instance  of  the  Institute,  be 
referred  to  a Tribunal  of Arbitration  consisting  of  one  member  appointed  by  the  Institute,  one  member 
nominated by the employee, and an umpire appointed by the Visitor. 

(2) The decision of the Tribunal of Arbitration shall be final and shall not be questioned in any court. 

(3)  No  suit  or  proceeding  shall  lie  in  any  court  in  respect  of  any  matter  which  is  required  by  sub-

section (1) to be referred to the Tribunal of Arbitration. 

(4) The Tribunal of Arbitration shall have power to regulate its own procedure. 

(5)  Nothing  in  any  law  for  the  time  being  in  force relating  to  arbitration  shall  apply  to  arbitrations 

under this section.  

CHAPTER III 

MISCELLANEOUS 

31. Acts and proceedings not to be invalidated by vacancies.—No act of the Institute or Board or 

Senate or any other body set up under this Act or the Statutes, shall be invalid merely by reason of— 

(a) any vacancy in, or defect in, the constitution thereof, or 

(b) any defect in the election, nomination or appointment of person acting as a member thereof, or 

(c) any irregularity in its procedure not affecting the merits of the case. 

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32.  Grant  of  degrees,  etc.,  by  Institute.—Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  the  University 
Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956) or in any other law for the time being in force, the Institute 
shall have power to grant degrees and other academic distinctions and titles under this Act.  

33.  Sponsored  schemes.—Whenever  the  Institute  receives  funds  from  any  Government,  the 
University Grants Commission or any other agency sponsoring a scheme to be executed by the Institute, 
notwithstanding anything in this Act,— 

(a) the amount received shall be kept by the Institute separately from the Fund of the Institute and 

utilised only for the purpose of the scheme; 

(b)  the  staff  required  to  execute  the  same  shall  be  recruited  in  accordance  with  the  terms  and 

conditions stipulated by the sponsoring organisation: 

Provided that any money remaining unutilised under clause (a) shall be transferred to the endowment 

fund created under section 22 of this Act. 

34. Power to remove difficulties.—(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of 
this Act, the Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions 
or give such directions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as appears to it to be necessary or 
expedient for removing the difficulty: 

Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of two years from the appointed day. 

(2) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each 

House of Parliament. 

35. Transitional provisions.—Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act,— 

(a)  the  Board  of  Governors  of  the  Society  functioning  as  such  immediately  before  the 
commencement  of  this  Act  shall  continue  to  so  function  until  a  new  Board  is  constituted  for  the 
Institute under this Act, but on the constitution of a new Board under this Act, the members of the 
Board holding office before such constitution shall cease to hold office; 

(b)  until  the  first  Statutes  and  the  Ordinances  are  made  under  this  Act,  the  Statutes  and  the 
Ordinances  of  the  National  Institute  of  Pharmaceutical  Education  and  Research,  Sector-67,  S.A.S. 
Nagar  (Mohali),  District  Ropar,  Punjab  as  in  force,  immediately  before  the  commencement  of  this 
Act, shall continue to apply to the Institute in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of 
this Act.  

36.  Statutes  and  Ordinances  to  be  published  in  the  Official  Gazette  and  to  be  laid  before 
Parliament.—(1)  Every  Statute  or  Ordinance  made  under  this  Act  shall  be  published  in  the  Official 
Gazette. 

(2) Every Statute or Ordinance made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, 
before  each  House  of  Parliament,  while  it  is  in  session,  for  a  total  period  of  thirty  days  which  may  be 
comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session 
immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any 
modification in the Statute or Ordinance or both Houses agree that the Statute or Ordinance should not be 
made, the Statute or Ordinance shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, 
as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to 
the validity of anything previously done under that Statute or Ordinance. 

(3) The power to make the Statutes or the Ordinances shall include the power to give retrospective 
effect from a date not earlier than the date of commencement of this Act to the Statutes or the Ordinances 
or any of them but no retrospective effect shall be given to any Statute or Ordinance so as to prejudicially 
affect the interests of any person to whom such Statute or Ordinance may be applicable. 

37.  Repeal  and  saving.—(1)  The  National  Institute  of  Pharmaceutical  Education  and  Research 

Ordinance, 1998 (Ord. 9 of 1998) is hereby repealed. 

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the said Ordinance, shall be 

deemed to have been done or taken under this Act.  

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